Word Summary
synchairō: to rejoice with
Original Word: συγχαίρωTransliteration: synchairō
Phonetic Spelling: (soong-khah'-ee-ro)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rejoice with
Meaning: to rejoice with
Strong's Concordance
rejoice with
From sun and chairo; to sympathize in gladness, congratulate -- rejoice in (with).
see GREEK sun
see GREEK chairo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4796: συγχαίρωσυγχαίρω (
T WH συνχαίρω (cf.
σύν, II. at the end)); imperfect
συνέχαιρον; 2 aorist
συνεχαρην (passive as set., so
Veitch (under the word
χαίρω) etc.; others, active, after the analogy of verbs in );
to rejoice with, take part in another's joy (Aeschyl,
Aristophanes,
Xenophon, others): with a dative of the person with whom one rejoices,
Luke 1:58 (cf. 14);
; with a dative of the thing, 1 Corinthians 13:6; to rejoice together, of many, 1 Corinthians 12:26; to congratulate (Aeschines, Polybius (Plutarch; cf. Lightfoot on Phil. as below; 3Macc. 1:8; the Epistle of Barnabas 1, 3 [ET] (and Müller at the passage))): with the dative of the person Philippians 2:17f.